Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive
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| Type | Passenger Transport Executive |
| Founded | Transport Act 1968 (as Tyneside PTE) |
| Headquarters | Nexus House, St James' Boulevard, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England |
| Area served | Tyne and Wear |
| Key people | Bernard Garner, Director General |
| Parent | Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Authority |
| Website | nexus.org.uk |
The Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive (TWPTE), using the brandname of Nexus, is the Passenger Transport Executive for the metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear, England.
TWPTE is the operations arm of the Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Authority (TWPTA). The PTA is made up of fifteen councillors from the county: four from each of Newcastle upon Tyne and Sunderland, three from Gateshead, and two from each of North Tyneside and South Tyneside.
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[edit] Operations
Tyne and Wear PTE are responsible for the following aspects of the Tyne and Wear transport system:
- owning, maintaining and operating the Tyne and Wear Metro;
- owning, maintaining and operating the Shields Ferry;
- coordinating local bus services;
- subsidising socially necessary, but unprofitable, bus services;
- subsidising local rail services;
- running the concessionary travel scheme
- providing public transport information;
- maintaining bus stops and most bus stations.
- coordinating TaxiLink welfare transport
- coordinating LinkUp demand responsive transport
Tyne and Wear PTA are responsible for the following aspects of the Tyne and Wear transport system:
- administering the concessionary travel scheme;
- setting fares on secured bus services, local rail, metro and ferry services;
- maintaining and operating the Tyne Tunnel.
[edit] Tyne and Wear Zoning System
Fares on PTA-regulated bus, metro and ferry services (and also those for transfare tickets) are based on a system of zones, with the fare determined by the number of zones passed through.
Zones are denoted by 2-digit numbers. Some examples are:
- Newcastle International Airport - Zone 07
- Whitley Bay - Zone 19
- MetroCentre - Zone 25
- Central Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead - Zone 26
- Heworth - Zone 36
- South Shields - Zone 38
- Washington - Zone 46
- Central Sunderland - Zone 57
- Houghton-le-Spring - Zone 58
- Easington Lane - Zone 60
[edit] Travelshops
Nexus runs nine travelshops selling season tickets, providing information, etc. These are located at:
- Four Lane Ends Metro station
- Gateshead Interchange
- Gateshead MetroCentre Bus Station
- Heworth station
- Newcastle (Haymarket Metro station)
- Newcastle (Monument Metro station)
- North Shields Metro Station
- South Shields 34-36 Fowler Street
- Sunderland Park Lane Interchange
There is also a 'Metroshop' selling Metro-only season tickets at Newcastle Central station.
| Passenger Transport Executives in the United Kingdom | |
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| PTE | Brand Name |
| Greater Manchester | GMPTE |
| Merseyside | Merseytravel |
| South Yorkshire | Travel South Yorkshire |
| Tyne & Wear | Nexus |
| West Midlands | Centro / Network West Midlands* |
| West Yorkshire | Metro |
| *- in process of rebranding | |
| See also: | |
| Transport for London - Strathclyde Partnership for Transport | |
[edit] External links
- Nexus (Tyne and Wear PTE)
- Tyne and Wear PTA
- Map of Tyne and Wear zones
- The Tyne & Wear Public Transport Discussion Forum
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